Veggie tales!

Steamed veggies have been the thing around my house lately.

There are a few ways I fix them.

I just steam them over water, make a plain steamed rice in the bottom pan- you can use chicken, beef or tomato bullion to flavor the rice. You can also sub chicken or beef broth for the water.

I use either butter or ranch dressing when I serve up a plate!

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If you like you can use almost any veggie combo- My faves are broccoli, onions, cauliflower, string beans, potatoes, zucchini and carrots.

Bell peppers and celery are good too!

I got a tip about how to prep the veggies- plastic bag, add veggies, some oil and garlic salt/powder-shake and put into the steamer.

You can add any dried herbs to the bag. I like rosemary or basil the best!

If you have any kind of left over meats you can slice them and toss them into the mircowave or add them cold to your final dish.

Try it and have fun, it's an easy way to fix a meal. If you like, you can prep all the veggies before hand and put them into a bowl in the fridge.


I prep the cauliflower, carrots, onions and broccoli first, that way I can chop whatever I want to add to the mix!

Hint? Try and cut everything into the same sized pieces-that way everything cooks at the same time!

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

I got a tip about how to prep the veggies- plastic bag, add veggies, some oil and garlic salt/powder-shake and put into the steamer.

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Wouldn't the plastic bag melt?

Sorry, I am allergic to so many veggies, anyway. I'm just no fun.

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Originally Posted by Karen

Wouldn't the plastic bag melt?

Sorry, I am allergic to so many veggies, anyway. I'm just no fun.

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LOL, how stupid of me.....You mix all the veggies in the bag, then empty it into the steamer!:eek:

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

LOL, how stupid of me.....You mix all the veggies in the bag, then empty it into the steamer!:eek:

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Just wanted to make that clarification for folks who CAN eat veggies. Leaving them in the bag would get pretty messy - and inedible as well!

Richard, for a minute I thought you had started watching cartoons. My grandson loves Veggie Tales! :) You have given me some good ideas and I thank you. :) Steaming vegetables preserves more of their "goodness" so you are really eating healthy. Good for you and good for all of us. Yum!

Yummy!!!!

That sounds delicious :) And i think the seasoning in the plastic bag is a great idea:)

To keep cut up veggies fresh before you steam them, keep them in the fridge in ice cold water. Specially potatoes. They won't turn brown that way. ;)

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Originally Posted by Pam

Richard, for a minute I thought you had started watching cartoons. My grandson loves Veggie Tales! :)

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LOL, I do like Wonder Pets. I think the music and lyrics are funny.

I love most vegetables! This sounds really good. I'd like to try different kinds of squash together.

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Originally Posted by dukedogsmom

I love most vegetables! This sounds really good. I'd like to try different kinds of squash together.

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Do the squash with yellow onions and carrots.

Dress them with a touch of bottled dressing-Italian, the spicy kind is killer!

The carrots and the onions get so sweet it a crime!

All round Richard's for dinner!

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Originally Posted by Pam

Richard, for a minute I thought you had started watching cartoons. My grandson loves Veggie Tales! :)

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I have to admit that every time I see the title of this thread, the cartoon theme song starts running through my head.:D

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Originally Posted by prechrswife

I have to admit that every time I see the title of this thread, the cartoon theme song starts running through my head.:D

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Me too! :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v8...n-meetcast.gif

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Originally Posted by RICHARD

LOL, how stupid of me ...
You mix all the veggies in the bag,

then empty it into the steamer! :eek:

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Originally Posted by Karen

Just wanted to make that clarification for folks who CAN eat veggies.
Leaving them in the bag would get pretty messy -
and inedible as well!

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You Guys! :mad:

Just like all the other I-net and TV "Cooks" ...

Just gloss rite over all those "phine points" and lil details that make the
BIG difference between success and something the Dawgs won't touch!
:eek:

WRITE what you MEAN ... and QUIT leavin stuff out!
Those lil "details" where "veryone knows THAT" = :mad:

NO, "everyone" does NOT know all that stuff.

The first Green Bell Peppers I ever bought almost rotted before I managed to
find the "directions" for how to "open 'em" and what to do next!

Where's my Kan Opener? ... I gotta "cook" lunch!

:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

You Guys! :mad:

Just like all the other I-net and TV "Cooks" ...

Just gloss rite over all those "phine points" and lil details that make the
BIG difference between success and something the Dawgs won't touch!
:eek:

WRITE what you MEAN ... and QUIT leavin stuff out!
Those lil "details" where "veryone knows THAT" = :mad:

NO, "everyone" does NOT know all that stuff.

The first Green Bell Peppers I ever bought almost rotted before I managed to
find the "directions" for how to "open 'em" and what to do next!

Where's my Kan Opener? ... I gotta "cook" lunch!

:rolleyes:

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Oh dear, Phred - you need a copy of Fanny Farmer's basic cookbook. It has an entry for every vegetable, for example, and assumes you know absolutely nothing about 'em - quite helpful for newbies to the kitchen!

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Originally Posted by Karen

Oh dear, Phred - you need a copy of Fanny Farmer's basic cookbook.

... assumes you know absolutely nothing about 'em -
quite helpful for newbies to the kitchen!

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:rolleyes:

I've heard all that before! :p

MOM sent me off on my first job in Endwell, New York, armed with similar words
and one of Betty Crocker's famous "beginner's cookin books"!

I got lost half way down the first page ...
I never admitted it to Mom, but I re-gifted the book to who I thought at the time
was a needy young lady. She didn't share my thoughts ... I never got invited for dinner.
(And never saw the cookin book again, either.)

Iffin I can't understand the "directions" printed on the back of the box or bag,
then the "Pretty Picture on the Front" never makes it to the check-out line!

:D

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

:rolleyes:

I've heard all that before! :p

MOM sent me off on my first job in Endwell, New York, armed with similar words
and one of Betty Crocker's famous "beginner's cookin books"!

I got lost half way down the first page ...
I never admitted it to Mom, but I re-gifted the book to who I thought at the time
was a needy young lady. She didn't share my thoughts ... I never got invited for dinner.
(And never saw the cookin book again, either.)

Iffin I can't understand the "directions" printed on the back of the box or bag,
then the "Pretty Picture on the Front" never makes it to the check-out line!

:D

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Okay, so it is true - cookbooks don't work iff'n ya don't read 'em! ... Tucking the Fanny Farmer paperback under your pillow won't make the knowledge leak in while you're sleeping, either - it'll just give ya a crick in the neck!

But I will promise to post clarifications to recipes if I think anyone's skippin' a step for ya, okay?

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Originally Posted by Karen

Cookbooks don't work iff'n ya don't read 'em! ...

Tucking the Fanny Farmer paperback under your pillow won't make
the knowledge leak in while you're sleeping, either -
it'll just give ya a crick in the neck!

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NUTZ! :(

Betty never talked through the pillow, either!

And that darn Hard Cover, encyclopedia-sized book gave me worse than "a crick inna neck"!

:p

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Originally Posted by Karen

But I will promise to post clarifications to recipes if I think
anyone's skippin' a step for ya, okay?

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:cool:
No "assumed steps" ~ That'll help a LOT! ;)

Now, how about the Next Ressipee Problem?

About every other step or so, the Action Verb of the instruction is usually
written in some cryptic foreign language ... requiring a lengthy search for the meaning. --OR--
It's some overly simplistic term with multiple common meanings ...

EggZamplez:

"Cook" ... OK, HOW?? FAST, slow, hot, burning hot, with or w/o water, oil, skins, leaves ???

"Saute" ... Gehzuntite! ... Burn it in Oil ... OK, how do you know when to quit?

"Bring to a Boil, then COOK ..." ~ For the luvva ___! ~ Whas'sa difference?
... Are we gonna BOIL it or are we gonna COOK it?
... Whadda ya do between Boil and Cook ... stand on your head?

Betty and I never seemed to be speakin the same language.

I know I'm in trouble when I open the Wrong End of the can ...
and then can't read all the How To instructions on the label.

:confused:

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Originally Posted by Cinder & Smoke

:cool:
No "assumed steps" ~ That'll help a LOT! ;)

Now, how about the Next Ressipee Problem?

About every other step or so, the Action Verb of the instruction is usually
written in some cryptic foreign language ... requiring a lengthy search for the meaning. --OR--
It's some overly simplistic term with multiple common meanings ...

EggZamplez:

"Cook" ... OK, HOW?? FAST, slow, hot, burning hot, with or w/o water, oil, skins, leaves ???

"Saute" ... Gehzuntite! ... Burn it in Oil ... OK, how do you know when to quit?

"Bring to a Boil, then COOK ..." ~ For the luvva ___! ~ Whas'sa difference?
... Are we gonna BOIL it or are we gonna COOK it?
... Whadda ya do between Boil and Cook ... stand on your head?

Betty and I never seemed to be speakin the same language.

I know I'm in trouble when I open the Wrong End of the can ...
and then can't read all the How To instructions on the label.

:confused:

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If you run into one of these, post the whole thing in context, and I'll clarify! I am a chef? No. I was one of those annoying kids who asked a lot of questions, so owe it to Grandma Peterson (whose only child, my Dad, was probably not nearly as annoying) to patiently answer all questions for the rest of my life! That, and children in my family are encouraged to help in the kitchen starting at age 4 ...

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Originally Posted by Karen

If you run into one of these, post the whole thing in context,
and I'll clarify!

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"Bring to a Boil, then COOK ..."

That famous phrase is on the back or side of every Pasta and Hamburger Helper box
I ever opened!

I always tunk iffin it was *BOILIN* ~ it was *COOKIN*, too.
No adjustments required.

:p